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Do you feel that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being treated fairly by the US?

France's broadcasting watchdog—the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel, or CSA—called on the country's television channels to use restraint in showing footage of Mr. Strauss-Kahn in handcuffs, reminding networks that French law prohibits them from airing images of people in handcuffs, or otherwise restrained, before they have been convicted by a court.

"We can't cover the DSK story like a French story for the simple reason it is happening in the U.S.," Mr. Ravanello said, referring to Mr. Strauss-Kahn by his widely used initials. "The images we saw are brutal indeed, but that's because of the nature of the U.S. judiciary."

I don't know about the rest of you, but I haven't seen anything brutal in nature having to do with the handling of this man. I presume he is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. I can even acknowledge that there are many possibilities to this story that do not shine him in a criminal light. Does this make anyone long for a media that has such restrictions as to what images they can show and how they can report a story?

I think he gets the same 'innocent until proven guilty' as the rest of us get. Why do the terrorist get this privilege but this man doesn't? I have no judgment to offer. I don't know enough about the case to give an opinion other than - it is the responsibility of the prosecutor to prove this man guilty. It is not the responsibility of this man to prove he is innocent.

Well, we are used to such "perp walks" as they are called over here in the US. But French culture is different. Oh, so very different! I'm really no fan of the French, I mean, I loves me some champagne, OK? But that's about it. I had WWII vets in my family, my mom's a Brit, and I have been to France many times. Glad I live here. Did you know, they also don't support BF? anyway, back on topic, we aren't being brutal, and they can suck it. They kept Roman Polanski from the US for 30 years, so I personally don't feel that they have a handle on the ideas of justice over there.

and this has only been illegal in France since 2000 so they should get over it.